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what is earth?define

EARTH:
     
      The earth third planet from the sun,the densest planet in the Solar System, the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets, and the only celestial body known to accommodate life.

Distance from the sun : 149,600,000 km
Radius                           : 6,371
Age                                 : 4.54 billion years
Gravity                          : 9.807 m/s²
Satellite                          :Moon
Mass                               : 5,972,190,000,000,000 billion kg
Equatorial Diameter      : 12,756 km
Polar Diameter              : 12,714 km
Equatorial Circumference: 40,030 km
 Known Moons                 : 1
 Orbit Distance               : 149,598,262 km (1 AU)
 Orbit Period                  : 365.26 Earth days
 Surface Temperature    : --88 to 58°C



 


Shape of the Earth

              The shape of the Earth approximates an oblate spheroid, a sphere flattened along the axis from pole to pole such that there is a bulge around the equator.


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